About this title: A vibrant, witty, and captivating account of a lifetime's worth of travel in the tropics, from one of the most celebrated travel writers working today. Tales from the Torrid Zone is a diverting, loose-limbed tour of the Earth's hot zones ("The2New York Times").
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2007-03-06
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2008-02-12
ISBN-13:9780307388261ISBN:0307388263
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2007-03-06
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Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307388261ISBN:0307388263
Description: Very Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Unread! Binding tight, text crisp and bright. Travels in the deep tropics. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780330375283ISBN:0330375288
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780330375283ISBN:0330375288
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Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780679408710ISBN:0679408711
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Date Published: 2008-02-12
ISBN-13:9780307388261ISBN:0307388263
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307388261ISBN:0307388263
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Picador, London
Date Published: 2004
Description: 8vo. original printed paper wraps (texter mark to tail edge); pp. xviii (last blank), 380. [2 (pubs. advts. )], with 2 maps. A fine copy, as new. read more
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"A lesser cousin to Frater's excellent Chasing the Monsoon, Tales From the Torrid Zone is choppy and uneven, mucking up an in-depth travel essay about Oceana, where Frater grew up, with myriad asides about other tropical locations Frater has visited during his tenure as chief travel correspondent for The Observer."
"Interesting nuggets buried in a meandering and disconnected narrative. Fraser is all over the place in time and space, and doesn't stop to orient the reader very often. The South Pacific is fascinating, but this treatment didn't work for me."
"It reads like it was written by a magazine writer - like it is a whole series of unconnected articles. It could be that I just don't see the connection and when it finally hits me I will fall out of my chair wearing an expression of utter, mind-blowing comprehension, but I don't think so."
"When the book arrived in the mail months ago, I skimmed through it, thinking "hmmm ... looks like it might be kinda dull" and put it aside. I was wrong. There was potential for a real dragged out story, had Frater confined himself to Vanuatu (the South Seas nation where he was born and raised - his father and grandfather were missionaries there). However, he does fully succeed in tying-in his experiences in other Torrid locations (Africa, Burma, etc.) along the way such that the parts make the intended whole. When this book is good it's fascinating, and when it's not quite up there, it's at least interesting. Highly recommended."
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